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Snowy conditions are likely to continue over February and March, the Met Office said in its latest weather forecast. According to the National Weather Agency, the wintry conditions will leave one huge area of the country potentially buried under the snow.

The forecaster said that an Atlantic frontal system will move across the UK, bringing in days of cold weather in some parts of the country. While the western and eastern parts of the UK are likely to experience heavy rainfall, the northern areas will witness days of snow in the next few weeks. The forecast comes days after the Met Office issued several yellow warnings of rain and snow for many areas in the country.

Sharing the long-range weather forecast between February 24 and March 20 reads: "Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between.

"Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain.

"Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.

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"Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west.

"High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low.

"Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible."

The forecast also aligns with the weather maps from WXCharts which shows the temperature levels plummeting to -5C in the north during the first week of March.